DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A WASTE SEGREGATION SYSTEM

With an increase in the world’s population, and a rapid quest for urban living, management of solid waste has proven to be a serious challenge of modern times. Activities like change in consumption patterns, rapid industrialization and many more contributes to an increase in the complexity of waste generated. This is more experienced in domestic settings, such as schools, homes, offices, where different types of waste, ranging from leftover food to plastic and paper are found in large amounts; Hence the need for proper waste handling and management. Often times, a large amount of wastes gotten from these environments are collected without proper segregation, especially at the source. These wastes usually contain combinations of organic, recyclable and sometimes harmful substances. In many developing countries, i.e. Nigeria, Ghana etc. the wastes are transported to dumpsites where the sorting is later carried out. This method of manual sorting is very ineffective, and could also lead to many health risks for workers sorting the wastes, due to unhygienic practices and poor working conditions. This limits recycling and proper waste management, which could be important for the country.